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I am by no means an expert in Judaism but I do believe that Jews do NOT believe that Jesus was the son of God. If they believe in him then it's because they believe he was a teacher but not the son of God, just a mortal man who was spreading Judaism.

Some Christians believe Jesus is God or the son of God. Jews do not. So, there is no problem. Just a different belief in who Jesus was. Again though, I don't know enough about Judaism to speak for those who practice it so it's just my rudimentary knowledge of it.

The belief that Jesus is God, the Son of God, or a person of the Trinity, is incompatible with Jewish theology. Jews believe Jesus of Nazareth did not fulfill messianic prophecies that establish the criteria for the coming of the messiah.

Are you ok? It's rare you're on topic for anything but most of the time at least you make sense. Can you elaborate what you're trying to get across because "U imply that U don't much Jewel but U......." is broken, even for you.

I dunno.. Now, I'm no scientist.. So, I paid my $50 and hired some REAL scientists to test my DNA.. Guess what it said??? It says that I'm 97% Ashkenazi Jewish.. Uhhh, did I mention that they're REAL scientists?? I DID, didn't I??

So, instead of flapping my gums like you, I present PROOF done by REAL scientists.. All you got is some Jew hater on YouTube..

New evidence from mitochondrial DNA, which is passed on exclusively from mother to child, suggests that female ancestors of most modern Ashkenazi Jews converted to Judaism in the north Mediterranean around 2,000 years ago and later in west and central Europe.

I dunno.. Now, I'm no scientist.. So, I paid my $50 and hired some REAL scientists to test my DNA.. Guess what it said??? It says that I'm 97% Ashkenazi Jewish.. Uhhh, did I mention that they're REAL scientists?? I DID, didn't I??

"Who is a Jew?" (Hebrew: מיהו יהודי‎ pronounced [ˈmihu jehuˈdi]) is a basic question about Jewish identity and considerations of Jewish self-identification. The question is based on ideas about Jewish personhood, which have cultural, ethnic, religious, political, genealogical, and personal dimensions. Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism follow the Halakha, deeming a person to be Jewish if their mother is Jewish or they underwent a proper conversion. Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism accept both matrilineal and patrilineal descent. Karaite Judaism predominantly follows patrilineal descent.

Jewish identity is also commonly defined through ethnicity. Opinion polls have suggested that the majority of Jews see being Jewish as predominantly a matter of ancestry and culture, rather than religion.[1][2] Ashkenazi Jews, being the most numerous Jewish ethnic division, have been the subject of numerous genealogical studies and have been found to be a distinct, homogeneous ethnic group.[3] However, other studies have found overlap between Ashkenazi Jews, Italians and Greeks."

A while back nazi (Nom/quantum) made some comments about the size of my nose while claiming I was a Zionist. I’m not Jewish in any way, but apparently he thought I had physical, genetically determined features that correlated with a set of ideas common to those with said features. Just sayin.

"Who is a Jew?" (Hebrew: מיהו יהודי‎ pronounced [ˈmihu jehuˈdi]) is a basic question about Jewish identity and considerations of Jewish self-identification. The question is based on ideas about Jewish personhood, which have cultural, ethnic, religious, political, genealogical, and personal dimensions. Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism follow the Halakha, deeming a person to be Jewish if their mother is Jewish or they underwent a proper conversion. Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism accept both matrilineal and patrilineal descent. Karaite Judaism predominantly follows patrilineal descent.

Jewish identity is also commonly defined through ethnicity. Opinion polls have suggested that the majority of Jews see being Jewish as predominantly a matter of ancestry and culture, rather than religion.[1][2] Ashkenazi Jews, being the most numerous Jewish ethnic division, have been the subject of numerous genealogical studies and have been found to be a distinct, homogeneous ethnic group.[3] However, other studies have found overlap between Ashkenazi Jews, Italians and Greeks."

I wonder if he thinks he's in some kind of ethnic group that makes him a jew. Maybe we should explain to him that the Torah is referring to an extinct group of tribes known as Hebrews when it says "God's chosen people" so even though he is in an ethnic group called "Jew" very little of his DNA is actually related to the Hebrews if any at all. The implications of this are that "Jew" basically implies that you associate yourself with a religion which condemns the majority of your DNA as consisting of the stuff of savages and pagan scum and there is no reason you should be claiming a religion which is based entirely on an ancient ethnic group which you are barely related to claiming to be chosen people of God and thus superior to everyone else, including the majority of your ancestors. Especially if you're an atheist.

You are right about one thing, though. DNA wouldn't show a religion.. Yet curiously, my DNA says I'm Jewish.. Either you're wrong, or science is wrong.. If science is right, which of course, it IS, according to your own logic, I AM in some kind of ethnic group called Jews..

Who is a Jew?" (Hebrew: מיהו יהודי‎ pronounced [ˈmihu jehuˈdi]) is a basic question about Jewish identity and considerations of Jewish self-identification. The question is based on ideas about Jewish personhood, which have cultural, ethnic, religious, political, genealogical, and personal dimensions. Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism follow the Halakha, deeming a person to be Jewish if their mother is Jewish or they underwent a proper conversion. Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism accept both matrilineal and patrilineal descent. Karaite Judaism predominantly follows patrilineal descent.

Jewish identity is also commonly defined through ethnicity. Opinion polls have suggested that the majority of Jews see being Jewish as predominantly a matter of ancestry and culture, rather than religion.[1][2] Ashkenazi Jews, being the most numerous Jewish ethnic division, have been the subject of numerous genealogical studies and have been found to be a distinct, homogeneous ethnic group.[3] However, other studies have found overlap between Ashkenazi Jews, Italians and Greeks."